Caplow Custom Frame & Restoration

Caplow Custom Frame & Restoration We provide the highest quality framing and restoration appropriate to each customer’s needs. (ex.

We are a full service custom framing shop located on the corner of 48th and Grand in Minneapolis. We provide the highest quality framing appropriate to each customer’s needs. Our services include custom framing of fine art, photography, paper works, textiles and custom mirrors. We provide art restoration as well as antique frame restoration to customers across the country in addition to the Twin Cities area.

A stunning mirror restoration for a lovely family. This came in as a damaged frame that we repaired, gilded, finished, a...
09/04/2026

A stunning mirror restoration for a lovely family. This came in as a damaged frame that we repaired, gilded, finished, and fit with a custom ordered mirror 🪞

Chinese watercolor by our friend Hong Zhang, framed within a mat that works beautifully with the proportions of the piec...
09/02/2026

Chinese watercolor by our friend Hong Zhang, framed within a mat that works beautifully with the proportions of the piece. 🪾

Complete restoration of this frame on an heirloom family portrait! Filled in missing ornament on both the inside and out...
09/01/2026

Complete restoration of this frame on an heirloom family portrait! Filled in missing ornament on both the inside and outside of the frame before gilding the decorative ornament and refinishing the exterior wood. First two photo are “after”, swipe for before! If only our ability to take a photo of this beauty without a reflection was as good as our restoration! 🖼️

A paper-cut we fit within an oversized floating mat cut in our shop. We paint the bevel of the mat to match the paper fo...
08/28/2026

A paper-cut we fit within an oversized floating mat cut in our shop. We paint the bevel of the mat to match the paper for a perfect finished edge. We love this frame choice for such a striking piece 🐦‍⬛

Hard at work repairing a vintage mirror with both plaster casting and plaster fill. We will continue carving this orname...
08/27/2026

Hard at work repairing a vintage mirror with both plaster casting and plaster fill. We will continue carving this ornament to perfectly match the missing piece, before finishing it to match the patina of the rest of the mirror. Stay tuned for the finished work!

A charming family photo and telegram framed within an archival double opening mat in a hardwood frame ⛵️ Framing your ch...
08/25/2026

A charming family photo and telegram framed within an archival double opening mat in a hardwood frame ⛵️ Framing your cherished paper ephemera is a great way to protect them for future generations!

We just said goodbye to this striking Ukrainian painting we stretched, varnished, and framed this week 🪷 Always great to...
08/21/2026

We just said goodbye to this striking Ukrainian painting we stretched, varnished, and framed this week 🪷 Always great to see a piece come together in the shop!

artist Yehor Dulin

Our shop window full of beautiful oil paintings on a similarly beautiful day ☀️ We have lots of art for sale; from wood...
08/20/2026

Our shop window full of beautiful oil paintings on a similarly beautiful day ☀️ We have lots of art for sale; from woodcuts, oil paintings, lithographs, ink drawings and more. Just waiting to freshen up the walls of your home 😊

Another oil painting we recently repaired! There were a few rips and tears that we patched, filled, and inpainted to ble...
08/18/2026

Another oil painting we recently repaired! There were a few rips and tears that we patched, filled, and inpainted to blend them back in with the original painting. Swipe for some before pics and palette pics! 🎨🌅

Feels like 1980s Los Angeles in the shop with this colorful silkscreen print. We kept the framing simple with monotone f...
08/14/2026

Feels like 1980s Los Angeles in the shop with this colorful silkscreen print. We kept the framing simple with monotone frame and mat, but added some visual “oomph” by floating the print in a double mat cut in house 🌆🌴

Address

4758 S Grand Avenue
Minneapolis, MN
55419

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 10:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday 11am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+16128249811

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